President Jakaya Kikwete and Labour and Employment minister Gaudentia
Kabaka react when teachers from Temeke District (top) took advantage of
the Labour Day procession at Uhuru Stadium to tell the Head of State,
who was the chief guest, that they had not been paid their April
salaries. PHOTOS | SILVAN KIWALE
By Isaac Imaka and Abdulaziizi Tumusiime,Citizen Correspondents
Kampala. Between 100,000 and
150,000 jobs are projected to be generated as the oil sector transitions
from exploration and appraisal to development and eventual production,
according to a study conducted by three joint venture partners.
The jobs availability, expected within three years
if, the report says, there are no major delays in project execution,
will either be indirect or induced in sectors benefiting from the
economic development triggered by the oil sector, the report dubbed
‘Industrial Baseline Survey, indicates.
Total, Tullow Oil Plc and China National Offshore
Oil Corporation (Cnooc) sponsored the survey which was conducted between
March and July last year, according to Tullow’s national content
manager Nelson Ofwono.
One of the graphs in the report shows demand for
direct jobs rising towards the second year of development and peaking at
13,000 direct jobs in the third year, before gradually falling to 3,000
jobs in the fifth year.
Mr Benard Ongodia, a senior geophysicist in the
Energy ministry’s petroleum exploration and production department
yesterday said government is, however, going to carry out “a much
broader study funded by the World Bank” to get the specifics of how many
people are needed and where.
“The transition from exploration and appraisal
necessitates the development of required skills so that Ugandans
actively participate in the oil and gas sector.” “It is our hope that
local service industry will embrace results of the study and prepare to
tap into the sector,” he said.
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